postmadesign Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 I have some trouble with tables in Publisher. whenever I import a bunch of cells from Excel to Publisher (with the exact same amount of rows and columns) it add a row and a column to the table every time. This has been in the Beta as well. Is there some kind of fix for this? I want to create a file with lots of pages of tables, and this kind of bug really makes it very annoying, particularly as when I delete the column, the table resizes to previous width, instead of keeping the columns as they are. I would like to have the ability to turn of these kinds of "automations" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Jon P Posted June 25, 2019 Staff Share Posted June 25, 2019 Hi postmadesign, I've nudged the report I made for you during the beta for this. I've had a quick look and can't see any easy way to work around this for now without editing what is pasted in afterwards, apologies. Quote Serif Europe Ltd. - www.serif.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postmadesign Posted June 25, 2019 Author Share Posted June 25, 2019 Thanks for your reply Jon! another issue I see is with formatting. I have a table where some lines of text are bold, some are regular. When I select the cells and paste without formatting (which I would usually do from excel) it only takes the formatting of the upper left cel for the complete table. In InDesign, it keeps the formatting for each specific cel, so I guess this should be the case for Publisher too? I just want to reiterate that I love publisher, but it seems tables are not quite there yet in terms of stability and workflow, so I hope to see improvements in this area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted January 21, 2020 Staff Share Posted January 21, 2020 We have made fixes/improvements to this area (Copying table data from excel brings in an extra column) of the program in the latest customer beta. If you would like to try these changes the beta software is available in the forum posts listed below. The latest beta builds are downloadable from links at the top of each of these beta forum posts. Affinity Publisher 1.8.0.535 for Windows Affinity Publisher 1.8.0.535 for Mac These betas install parallel, next to the release version (they do not overwrite your release) and so the fixes can be tried in the beta without affecting your normal workflow in the release version. Once these programs have been through a full beta process the change will be released in a future free 1.8.0 update/patch to all customers. Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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